Sonnet 127, William Shakespeare:
In the old age black was not counted fair,
Or if it were, it bore not beauty’s name;
But now is black beauty’s successive heir,
And beauty slander’d with a …
River & Rail’s ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ shows disarming brilliance
1. Ice Cream.
26. Peeing in the sea and nobody knows.
314. Having a piano in the kitchen.
316. The smell of old books. 324. Nina Simone’s voice. 517. Winning something. 654. Marlon …
Marble City presents two moving, real-life operas
They would think she was too stupid and too ignorant to matter. Her kind are just that way. That’s why it didn’t offend their white, Christian nature to own black …
Shaub dazzles with performance of Mendelssohn at KSO
When Knoxville Symphony concertmaster William Shaub walked on stage at the Tennessee Theatre Thursday night to play Felix Mendelssohn’s 1844 “Violin Concerto in E Minor,” Op. 64, he was continuing …
Jackson, Havens, KSO do right by Pink Floyd
When lead singer Randy Jackson walked on stage at the Civic Auditorium last Saturday night to begin the KSO Pops concert of the music of the British rock band Pink …
‘Crimes of the Heart’ is hilariously tragic
There isn’t much about playwright Beth Henley’s 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Crimes of the Heart,” now playing at Flying Anvil Theatre, that should be funny. But it is often hilarious.
The …
Vienna Boys Choir brings history, perfection to Knoxville
In the United States, we don’t often get the chance to experience an institution that’s more than 500 years old. Someone from somewhere else has to bring it to us: …
Hu charms with spirited Mozart concerto at KSO Classics
Knowing that Edward Elgar’s “Serenade for Strings in E Minor,” Op. 20, which opened the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Classics concert Sunday at the Bijou Theatre, was first performed by 35-year-old …